Hope

When all is lost, everything has failed, there is not one friend to be found, and circumstances are dire, what value is there in hope? Will hope reside in me? I won't know unless I am tested.

If hope remains and I can endure.

If hope is lost, I cannot endure.



Dave.

 

"Faith is the substance of things "hoped", the evidence of things not seen."

I really don't think my usuage of the word 'hope' has changed all that much...especially when it comes to the Blessed Hope.

Without hope, people would be despondent. When hope leaves, despair enters...

There have been times when I have felt helpless, but never hopeless.


Sue

 

One thing that really kills the joy I have in hope is to think of a loved on gone who was born into a rough lot in life, spent a lifetime in abuse and addiction, fought, won, then got cancer and 3 months to live and gave back in to addiction and died shortly after, never having made a positive statement of faith at all.
Makes one's hope seem a bit...hopeless sometimes when things like that hit ya! You almost feel guilty for enjoying that hope you're supposed to have when it can't be shared with those you love.
Gina

 

I understand what you are saying Gina. Life isn't always fair is it?

One thing I know. I have to believe in, and hold on to, my hope before I can share it with others...

The opposite of hope is discouragement...one of Satan's favorite tools.


Sue